[WikiEN-l] NASA meatballs and wikipedia meatheads

[Stephen Bain]

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Peter Ansell <ansell.peter at gmail.com> wrote:
> What are their rationales? That US government produced symbols can't
>  be put in images inside of wikipedia even though the image is Public
>  Domain by law?

The "meatball" insignia is not protected by copyright law (ie, it's
PD) but it is protected by other, specific, non-copyright federal
regulations:

http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_07/14cfr1221_07.html

Use of the insignia contrary to the regulations is punishable by a
fine and/or imprisonment:

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00000701----000-.html

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Stephen Bain
stephen.bain at gmail.com